TPP157:

How to handle a nightmare tenant

If you do all of that properly, most of the time you should find that your properties run smoothly. But every so often, however careful you are, you’ll experience a phenomenon that makes any landlord’s blood run cold…the nightmare tenant!

We run through how to deal with this unfortunate situation, including:

It’s an episode that hopefully you’ll never need to use, but it’s worth being prepared for when the worst doesn’t happen.

Resource of the week

What’s better than an interactive map? Well, two interactive maps of course! These both come from the Office for National Statistics.

First, a handy visualisation of house prices in your area. When you’re in the broad stage of your property search, it’s a nice way to spot pockets of cheaper properties and get a sense for how average prices vary.

News this week

The proportion of landlords in Central London thinking about selling up has quadrupled since last year’s budget, according to this survey from the NLA.

In fact, the intention to sell has increased by an average of 12% across the whole UK. It could mean more stock coming onto the market…but it’s hard to know what proportion of those landlords will eventually decide to sell after weighing up all the factors.

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